Posts by alamb

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HELP REQUEST - Judicial Committee Hearing tonight!

by SweetBabyCheezits in

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i hate to ask you good folks to jump around but the first post in the thread below explains why i'm going into the jc meeting, hence the basis for my questions below.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/198636/1/reply-to-judicial-committee-question-thenoblelodge.

i have no idea how to present my witnesses.

they've already agreed to show up.

alamb

Your going to a lyching. At my meeting there was no prayer. I could call no witnesses nor question the witness called against me. I couldn't take notes or read scriptures. I was barely allowed to speak. They had it rehearsed from the beginning.

One funny thing happened, I'd brought a tape recorder in my boot to play a tape of my ex admitting to all the stuff I had said he'd done and he was denying. They forgot to ask me if I'd brought a recording device. When they were done, I pulled the recorder out of my boot and asked if they'd like to listen to something. The look on their faces was priceless (but it made me see I wasn't dealing with God's people). Then they said they didn't want to hear anything I had. So I got up and shook their hands and left. idiots.

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Anyone take depression/anxiety meds?

by tresdecu in

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just wondering if any ex or current "concious class" dubbers out there take anything; and if it works!

my family is still in and with everything else going on in my life, sometimes i consider asking my doc about zolft / prosac.. thanks for any replies!.

i should just ask 85% of my congregation-mates ... lol.

alamb

I was on a variety of prescribed antidepressants my last 6 years in the org. Found out all my symptoms were situational and not chemical imbalances. MY whole family is still on "pills" and in the organization.

As my mom says, "The system is so bad now, how can we make it without them?" She even told me to make an appt to get more pills so I can come back to meetings...and she'd pay for the office visit!!!

ummmmm.............no thanks.

Makes me think of the red pills/blue pills analogy. funny/sad

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How did you choose your screenname for jw.net?

by Voices in

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alright, i'm curious now cause i've been wanting to know how certain people go their screennames.

now some people have their names involved with makes sense and so forth.

but i guess i'll start out.

alamb

Bill Bowen had started Silentlambs and he needed voices to support his exposure of abuse. So I was going to just step forward as "A lamb". Wish names could morph with the changes we go through. We've all come SO far.......

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PBS Documentary on Buddha - Anyone watch?

by skeeter1 in

http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/.

anyone watch this documentary on buddha?

i am only half way through it, and it's interesting.

alamb

There is a book titled "A Short History of the Bible" that deals with the roots of Bible stories, etc. It is worth a read. Great discussion.

http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Bible-Bronson-Keeler/dp/1585092053

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Newbie: Roll Call ---- Oldies Returning: Roll Call

by cameo-d in

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i have noticed a lot of newbies lately.

(i also noticed that after being absent for a year happy1975 is making a return visit.).

so, if you are a brand spanking newbie, post here and tell us a little about your interests, your state, your new direction in life, your favorite things, whatever you want to say---this is your thread.. .

alamb

I've been here over 8 years I think.

Still here. Nice to see new faces (even if they're cartoonish)

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What's your all-time favorite Song by musician ? Name Song and Artist

by flipper in

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flipper again.

personally my all time favorite song?

stairway to heaven by led zeppelin.one of my top favorite groups ,too.

alamb

What a random list:

Dust in the Wind: Kansas

Faithfully: Journey

Tougher then the Rest: Chris LeDoux

Losing my Religion: REM

Chasing Cars: Snow Patrol

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need words for my JW father

by alamb in

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i have been pointing out that the shunning doctrine is unscriptural and unloving (jw speak).

he texted that my whole family stayed in the "truth" it was me who left.. please give the concise words to answer him.

i know it won't really do any good to try to reason with him, it will just feel good to "nail it.".

alamb

And I think the child sacrifice subject could apply to refusing blood on their behalf also.

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need words for my JW father

by alamb in

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i have been pointing out that the shunning doctrine is unscriptural and unloving (jw speak).

he texted that my whole family stayed in the "truth" it was me who left.. please give the concise words to answer him.

i know it won't really do any good to try to reason with him, it will just feel good to "nail it.".

alamb

yup. That's it. Hypocrites and all that they apply to us. He hates it when I twist the scriptures back on him. Losing family for the sake of "my name." Not explaining things but making him look them up or else I'd be guilty of the pearls before swine thing. He told me the truth would set me free and I told him the truth about the truth sure did. He hated applying it back on them.

I think at this point I'm done. 14 yrs. DA'd and still fighting them! It's getting tiring and useless, but then again it always was.

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need words for my JW father

by alamb in

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i have been pointing out that the shunning doctrine is unscriptural and unloving (jw speak).

he texted that my whole family stayed in the "truth" it was me who left.. please give the concise words to answer him.

i know it won't really do any good to try to reason with him, it will just feel good to "nail it.".

alamb

Thanks for the comments guys. My dad is DF'd his second time for alcholism, not molesting me. He even admitted to it but the elders didn't see the point of "punishing" him. I know, it unbelievable. They are from a small town and need all the pubs. they can get and my mom places 100 mags a month...so she's irreplacable. I have her on tape saying since I was over 12 it was OK. It's all on here.

Bottom line: I fought for custody and got it. My JW ex went to the state and cried religious discrimination. The judge have him the girls in 2002 with a bunch of stipulations on custody (not indoctrinating them). Of course he broke all the rule about not taking them to meetings, etc. But if I take him back to court, I'm working for Satan. They are now 22, 20, and 17. They are all shunning me. I guess I will just wait and see if they ever wake up. Which has been more hell than I'd wish on anyone.

The whole story is on here. Photos too.

Thanks for the help. I've argued with my dad via texting for 3 days now. Quoted every scripture. I got back, "Take 2 scriptures and call me in a month. You a spiritually sick." wow

I may call his elders and tell them to ask him to stop harrassing me. : )

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need words for my JW father

by alamb in

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i have been pointing out that the shunning doctrine is unscriptural and unloving (jw speak).

he texted that my whole family stayed in the "truth" it was me who left.. please give the concise words to answer him.

i know it won't really do any good to try to reason with him, it will just feel good to "nail it.".

alamb

Cyber: Ya, complicated doesn't BEGIN to define this. 9 years of fighting for JW children and fighting ALL the family in the process.

Aude! HI!!!!!!!!!!!! I've tried to "move on" somewhat, but they contact me once a year or so to text pot shots at me. And again I fall for it. How are you?